Blood cholesterol-to-lymphocyte ratio as a novel prognostic marker to predict postoperative overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer

Table 3 C-indexes of prognostic factors or models for predicting OS

Factors or models	C-index	95% CI	P value
NLR	0.551	0.519–0.583
CLR	0.636	0.600–0.672
Nomogram	0.755	0.719–0.791
Non-CLR nomogram	0.703	0.644–0.742
TNM stage	0.663	0.629–0.697
CLR vs. NLR			0.023
Nomogram vs. non-CLR nomogram			0.001
Nomogram vs. TNM stage			0.020

Abbreviations: C-index, concordance index; OS, overall survival; CI, confidence interval; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; CLR, cholesterol-to-lymphocyte ratio
Nomogram: CLR + harvested lymph nodes (LNs) + N stage. Non-CLR nomogram: harvested LNs + N stage

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